new chicken keeper

Ok, so on Sunday we bought two new Isa Browns that we were told are both 10mos old... One of them is in great shape, full plumage, bright red comb and wattles, drinking, eating, etc. The other one... she looks like she's been through it. It was our first time buying chickens from anyone, and...

I hope some of you experienced chicken keepers can remember all the way back to your first foray into the world of chickens and perhaps sympathize with how I'm feeling. Or maybe I'm nuts. I'm a born and raised city and suburban dweller -- I've never been on a horse, held a baby goat, milked a...

I have 3 laying or almost laying Rhode Island Reds and 2 younger Ameracaunas. I have only had them for 2 weeks, so still learning. The place we purchased them is an hour away and they fed them Hugelland feed. Just hoping there was a way to get the feed somewhere a little closer to Fischer...

My hen Nugget had been looking strange to me. I thought she was becoming heavy breastfed, ignorant I know but I'm a fledgling and still finding my feet as far as chicken keeping goes. I decided I wasn't happy with how she looked and started researching and came across wry neck! She was becoming...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. I first got chickens in April of this year. My community has a really nice sustainable living organization called 500 Gardens and 500 chickens. Every spring the 500 chickens group does an intro class to raising chicks, gives...

Relocated from MA to IL due to family... was guilty of impulse buying 20 chicks at a local farm store, knowing NOTHING about chicken raising. Now have 20 healthy, happy, hilarious hens. 10 Silver Lace Wyandottes (anyone have a SLW roo in need of good home? The girls keep asking me for a...